If you cheat, money will follow

After sitting down, Chang Le and Zhu Xuewu started their daily routine.

After chatting for a while, Chang Le got to the point.

"Professor Zhu, I heard that the research direction of room temperature superconductors also includes internal stress." Chang Le asked.

"..." Zhu Xuewu didn't expect Chang Le to talk about this topic, but it was a good thing and he became interested immediately.

"Indeed." Zhu Xuewu nodded and began to introduce:

"There are currently two mainstream research directions in superconductivity in the world, one is low temperature and the other is high pressure."

"Boss, the direction of internal stress you mentioned can only be regarded as an assumption."

"In the 70s, scientists from the former Soviet Union proposed such a bold idea..."

"By changing the internal structure of the material, strong internal stress is generated between atoms of different sizes inside the material, replacing the external high pressure, and achieving superconductivity."

"But in this direction, so far, as far as I know, no scientific research institution in the world is engaged in research in this area."

"Because no one knows how to change the atomic structure inside matter and generate strong internal stress."

"After the Soviets proposed this idea, they did not study it in depth."

"On the contrary, some domestic private scientists have made some attempts along this route, but some of the so-called results cannot withstand scrutiny."

Zhu Xuewu introduced the origin, development and latest progress of room temperature superconducting research and development to Chang Le in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.

Since he entered the institute, the big boss Chang Le has been showing little interest in this area and may not have any hope.

It is rare that I take the initiative to mention and understand today. I must tell everything and explain everything.

To understand superconductivity, you must know what superconductivity is?

This understanding cannot be a conceptual understanding of scientific definition, but should be understood from a popular level.

Among the three core features of superconductivity, the most core one is zero resistance, which is also the most difficult feature to achieve.

There are many atoms inside a metal substance. When current passes through and electrons flow from A to B according to the potential difference, they will collide with the atoms, affecting the movement of the electrons and causing losses. This is resistance.

In layman's terms.

Even in a crowded street, you have to walk through the crowd from your home to the market, and it is difficult to avoid bumping into other people.

And you are the electrons, and everyone else is the atoms.

Superconducting means that when you pass through the crowd, others cannot touch you, and you reach your destination unobstructed and easily.

The question is, how can we reach our destination smoothly and easily?

The first idea is low temperature.

Use extremely low temperatures to freeze the people on the street, making them unable to move. If you walk through, there will be no obstacles.

However, since Dutch physicists discovered the phenomenon of low-temperature superconductivity in 1911...

Countless human institutions and countless scientific researchers have worked hard to find a needle in a haystack to raise the critical temperature of low-temperature superconductivity to 138K, which is minus 135 degrees.

To popularize superconductivity at minus 135°C, the cost is too high and it is a fantasy.

Cost is the bridge between technology and commerce.

The second idea is high pressure.

Researchers found that by increasing the pressure of special materials to 150 million standard atmospheres, electrons flow unimpeded.

Because the atoms inside the material are all suppressed by the ultra-high pressure and cannot move.

In short, people on the street are being held down by ultra-high voltage, and no one can stop you as you walk along.

However, 150 million standard atmospheric pressure is even more difficult to achieve than the low-temperature route.

So, some people thought of the internal stress route.

Replacement of atoms in the internal structure of a metallic substance with atoms of other substances.

The two kinds of atoms are different in size and connected to each other, creating strong internal stress, thereby locking the movement of the atoms and achieving superconductivity.

To put it simply, you go through the streets with dozens of bodyguards to help you clear the way, and you can't touch other people.

There are also problems with this route.

Since the idea was proposed, no one has ever studied or implemented it, even if it has a little theoretical basis.

Over time, it was ignored.

After listening to Zhu Xuewu's popular introduction, Chang Le generally understood the concept of superconductivity.

Naturally, I think of the famous and popular LK99 in the previous life - the product of Koreans burning boilers.

In a previous life, the Korean research group had internal strife and published an incomplete paper on the preparation of LK99 in advance.

Suddenly, almost all scientific research institutions around the world were shocked.

Scientific research institutions can't wait to reproduce it according to the plan provided in the paper.

A month later, at least tens of thousands of institutions around the world reappeared, and only 2 institutions successfully reappeared.

One is domestic and the other is from Russia.

However, after reappearance, it was found that the material LK99 has incomplete diamagnetic properties and does not have zero resistance.

The public ridiculed the Korean team and revealed South Korea's history of fraud over the years, sarcastically and sarcastically.

However, scientific research institutions do not.

The preparation method of LK99 has opened a new door for scientific research institutions.

North America's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, through supercomputer simulations, believes that the Korean paper is theoretically feasible.

As a result, the direction of internal stress begins to rise.

Some organizations even suspect that, first, Koreans are hiding their secrets in craftsmanship, and the process is too simple, just burning a boiler;

Second, the method is too simple, has too many possibilities, and the replication success rate is too low, requiring luck.

"Professor Zhu, do you think it would be better to conduct research in the direction of internal stress? Maybe there will be unexpected discoveries?" Chang Le said.

"Well, boss, I'm actually more anxious than you. The direction of internal stress is just a direction and lacks a theoretical basis." Zhu Xuewu said euphemistically.

"Isn't scientific research just about bold assumptions and careful verification?" Chang Le said with a smile:

"Of course, Professor Zhu, I'm not urging you, I'm just curious."

"On the day you joined the company, I told you that Leda Investment is strong, determined and courageous in scientific research, not utilitarian and patient enough."

"No matter how long the research lasts, how is the progress? Success or failure? We will continue, don't worry."

"Thank you boss for your continued support and understanding." Zhu Xuewu laughed at himself:

"Actually, no one at the institute put pressure on me, and Lao Liu kept chatting with me to comfort me."

"I just want to put pressure on myself, hoping to make some progress."

"After all, the projects of Academician Wen, Dr. Shu, Dr. Lin, and Li Fei were all successful."

"The difficulty of the projects is different, and the levels are even different. They cannot be compared." Chang Le said:

"Although, their results are very important and meaningful, and they have also benefited the country, society and the people."

"However, once your project is successful, it will be a groundbreaking research. The entire company and the entire research institute fully understand this."

What will happen once superconductivity is successfully developed?

It will bring unprecedented development impetus to this country and the world.

It was another industrial revolution that changed the world.

Ultra-high voltage cables will be replaced by superconducting cables, with zero transmission loss and electricity prices cheaper than cabbage.

Solid-state batteries have been replaced by superconducting capacitors. Charging can be done in seconds, and the battery life can be easily achieved for thousands of miles. What is petroleum?

Medical equipment such as nuclear magnetic resonance, which costs tens of millions per unit, is reduced to hundreds of thousands or even tens of thousands. A single scan costs dozens of dollars, and there is no need to queue.

Juchang’s low-end mobile phones have computing power comparable to supercomputers.

The computing power of super computers is infinitely superimposed and can calculate the entire universe.

In addition, electromagnetic catapult rockets, quantum computers, particle collisions, nuclear fusion...

All this will become possible, and mankind will enter the next level of civilization.